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The hoard of looted art shown to the public yesterday by German investigators
is a tiny fraction of the missing treasures confiscated by the Nazis.

Robert Edsel, whose book about the Allied mission to recover Nazi loot has
been made into a film by George Clooney, said that the discovery of 1,406
paintings was spectacular, but that more would follow in the next decade.

He predicted that the release of The Monuments Men in February, which
stars Matt Damon and Cate Blanchett as art historians sent with Allied
troops to recover loot, would prick the consciences of owners. The death

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A reproduction of an Otto Dix painting that was shown at the press conference

November 6 2013 AFP/Getty Images

A reproduction of an Otto Dix painting that was shown at the press conference